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VELIPEDE SADDLE.

N0.318,56 8. Patented-May 26, 1885.

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JOHN KNOUS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE POPE MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

VELOCIPEDE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,568, dated May26,1885.

Application filed February 7, 1885.

To all whom, it 17mg concern:

Be it known that l, .Toi-1N KNoUs, of the city of Hartford, in the Stateof Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVelocipede-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate more particularly to those parts ofvelocipede-saddles which pertain to the attachment for securing themupon the velocipede, and are here set forth in the form of improvementsupon the mechanism shown in Letters Patent No. 312,219, dated February10, 1885, to C. E. Pratt; and the nature of them will be apparent fromthe following description, taken in connection with the drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 shows in bottom plan a bicycle spring and saddle with myimprovements in one form. Fig. 2 shows the same in rear elevation andpart section, and Fig. 3 shows the same in part section enlarged withoutthe flexile portion of the saddle-plate and looking toward the rear.

A is theupper portion of the saddle. B is the under portion of thesaddle or the saddleplate. C is the bicycle-spring. D D are rivets orbolts passing through the saddle-plate and forming an attachment for theplate E, the bolt D having a nut, cl, to keep the parts operating uponit in place. E is a supportingplate or spring-plate, at one end of whichI form the two dogs or catches e e, to form two points of contact withthe edge ofthe spring, and at the other end I form on it a way, G, inwhich the follower may work to form another point of contact with thespring. This construction gives a very simple and efficient form withthe fewest possible pieces and the best possible hold on the spring.

Fis a follower having a lip, f, to operate against the spring C, and aslot, f to allow of motion upon the bolt D.

K is a cam-lever, having an eccentric part, k.

H is a deteut attached at one end, 71., to the saddle-plate I5, fromwhich it proceeds in the form of a spring in the direction shown, andwhich has on one side a notched or graduated part for which one end ofthe lever K is fitted.

The operation of this contrivance is as fol- (No model.)

lows: Vhen a saddle is free from the spring and it is desired to attachit, the lever K, being loose and turned so that the eccentric k is backfrom the lip f, the saddle is placed in proper position on the spring,with the dogs e e against it on one side. The lever K is then turnedbackward to and upon the graduated edge of the deteut H until theeccentric k presses the follower F firmly against the other side of thespring C, when the edge of the lever engages with one of the notches inthe positive deteut H, which by the action of the spring is kept incontact therewith, and all parts are held against any jarring oraccident in proper position. Vhen it is desired to remove the saddle,the free end of the detent H is pressed out of contact with the lever K,the lever turned away from it and forward, the follower F released, andthe saddle is removable.

I have shown and described these parts as attached to a bicycle-saddleand a bicyclespring; but it is obvious that they may be equallyapplicable to saddles for other velocipedes and for attachment to otherforms of springs or to other parts of the frame of a velocipede. It isobvious also that modifications may be made in the form and arrangementof parts without departing from the nature of my invention; and I do notmean to contine myself precisely to the things shown and described.

I am aware of Letters Patent No. 151,680, and do not claim anythingshown or described therein.

I claim as new and of my invention- 1. The combination of a plate, E,having dogs e c, and a way, G, a slide-follower, F, operating in theway, and a cam-lever, K It, to operate the follower, essentially as setforth.

2. In a velocipede-saddle, and combined with mechanism for attaching itto and releasing it from a spring or perch, a deteut, H, and a lever, K,with a spring and cam or equivalent mechanism, constructed and operatingessentially as set forth.

JNO. KNOUS.

Vitnesses:

A. J. VELLEs, E. S. HOUSE.

